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Working With Sexual Issues in Systemic Therapy
Author(s) -
Markovic Desa
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1375/anft.28.4.200
Subject(s) - systemic therapy , inclusion (mineral) , psychology , qualitative research , project commissioning , subject (documents) , publishing , sex therapy , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , social psychology , sociology , medicine , sexual dysfunction , political science , social science , psychiatry , computer science , cancer , breast cancer , library science , law
This study investigates ways in which systemic psychotherapists address sexual issues. Qualitative data were collected through semi‐structured group and individual interviews and analysed using discourse analysis. Particular attention was paid to participants' accounts of the ‘resources’ they draw on and of perceived ‘constraints’ when approaching the subject of sex. Main findings indicate that systemic training and practice would benefit from greater inclusion of sexual issues to overcome current deficiencies in the field.